30 entries under upsetting topic. ×

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disturbing(verb, adjective, hard, weak, severe)
8
worrying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
7
distressing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
7
painful(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
3
disagreeable(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
3
discomposing(verb, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
3
unpleasant(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
agitating(verb, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
discomforting(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
discommoding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
dismaying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
alarming(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
1
discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
frightening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
laborious(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
unnerving(adjective, irritating, troublesome, worrying)
1
unsettling(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
0
consequential(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
0
depressing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
0
foreboding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
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